====The Many Faces of Diversity: Spectrum Scholars and the Communities We Serve, 7-9pm====

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====Defining Diversity: A Personal Perspective, 7-9pm====

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'''Coordinator:'''Gwendolyn until otherwise assigned<br>

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This is an opportunity to explore and share your own values, beliefs and biases. The session will open the door to understanding how your personal views influence your thinking about diversity issues. Using this introspection , discover how to navigate teachable moments while advocating for action.

This session will help scholars identify what administrators and decision-makers are looking and listening for when making promotion, funding and other important decisions. Scholars will also learn how to build a case for themselves or their services; how to craft a 2-minute persuasive pitch; how to effectively follow-up while building supporting; and when to play hardball.

Mentors give you the gift of time and experience. They offer support, feedback, and developmental ideas. What do you bring to the mentoring relationship? In this hour and a half long program we will explore the mentee’s vital role in this learning relationship. Tips and tools will be provided to help you think about how to get the most from your work with your mentor. As part of this exploration you will hear from pairs of mentors and mentees about their real-world experiences in developing this important relationship.

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====The Professional Within: Defining the core competencies of librarianship. A panel discussion and break out sessions on some of the key skills in librarianship today, 10:30am-12pm, Location TBD====

This session will stimulate thinking about how to position libraries at the center of the local community's life and how to support community engagement in a variety of ways. A panel of librarians will be joined by a community organizer and will lead participants through exercises and inquiries to help Spectrum Scholars identify ways to use their library positions as community engagement catalysts. Exercises and toolkits for this session have been provided by the Urban Libraries Council, see http://www.urbanlibraries.org/.

Latest revision as of 11:02, 8 July 2009

These pages are specifically for individuals coordinating the 2009 Spectrum Leadership Institute. Please do not edit unless you are listed as a coordinator below. If you have interest in planning future Institutes, contact the Office for Diversity and Spectrum at 800-545-2433 ext. 5048 or email spectrum@ala.org.

Note to Coordinators
To update information on this wiki please complete this multi-step process for every update you do:

Find the session you need to update on this page below, click edit to add or edit information on this session.

Within the information on a session, the speaker's status should be noted in bold prior to an individual speaker's name. The status of a speaker should be noted as one of the following: recommended - individuals the committee has identified as speakers but who have yet to be invited; invited on DATE - individuals who have received a formal invitation to present; confirmed - individuals who have accepted the invitation to present; declined - individuals who have declined the invitation to speak (note we do not delete these but archive them so we know who has already been suggested and cannot participate); or tentative - individuals who we have yet to receive a formal confirmation from but who have indicated they might be able to present.

Use the schedule and sample correspondences on the Standard Speaker Communication Documents page to formally invite, confirm, gather information, and remind speakers. Follow-up by phone if you have not heard back within 10 business days. We hope to have all speakers confirmed by the second week of April.

After a speaker has accepted the invitation, change the "status" on this speaker to Confirmed.

Once a speaker is confirmed, add the speaker's information to the Program in Progress, located on the 2009 Sessions and Speakers page. Be sure to spell their name correctly, include their full title, and if possible create the link to their bio page. Note if a speaker has already participated in a previous Institute, linking their name will automatically link to the bio from the previous year. Be sure to edit and update their bio. The 2009 Sessions and Speakers page and all linked speaker bios are pulled directly from this wiki and used to create the printed program book. Please be conscientious with typing, spelling and providing accurate information.

Room information is not available just yet but all speakers will receive a final confirmation from Gwendolyn (POF committee will notify those participants) when the room assignments are finalized. All Spectrum Institute events will take place at an ALA Conference Hotel. Information on which hotel will be available in Spring 2009.

Buffet Dinner Served from 5:30-6:45pm, Location TBD

Defining Diversity: A Personal Perspective, 7-9pm

This is an opportunity to explore and share your own values, beliefs and biases. The session will open the door to understanding how your personal views influence your thinking about diversity issues. Using this introspection , discover how to navigate teachable moments while advocating for action.
Featuring:

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Breakfast Served 7:00-8:15am, Location TBD

Your Best Case Scenario, 8:30-10am, Location TBD

This session will help scholars identify what administrators and decision-makers are looking and listening for when making promotion, funding and other important decisions. Scholars will also learn how to build a case for themselves or their services; how to craft a 2-minute persuasive pitch; how to effectively follow-up while building supporting; and when to play hardball.
Featuring:

confirmed: Falona Joy

Making Your Mentoring Relationship Count, 10:30am-12pm, Location TBD

Mentors give you the gift of time and experience. They offer support, feedback, and developmental ideas. What do you bring to the mentoring relationship? In this hour and a half long program we will explore the mentee’s vital role in this learning relationship. Tips and tools will be provided to help you think about how to get the most from your work with your mentor. As part of this exploration you will hear from pairs of mentors and mentees about their real-world experiences in developing this important relationship.

Deli Buffet Lunch Served 12-1pm, Location TBD

The Engaged Library: Partnering for the People, 1:30-3pm, Location TBD

Coordinator: Gwendolyn
This session will stimulate thinking about how to position libraries at the center of the local community's life and how to support community engagement in a variety of ways. A panel of librarians will be joined by a community organizer and will lead participants through exercises and inquiries to help Spectrum Scholars identify ways to use their library positions as community engagement catalysts. Exercises and toolkits for this session have been provided by the Urban Libraries Council, see http://www.urbanlibraries.org/.
Featuring:

Dinner Served 5:30-7 pm, Location TBD

The Professional Options Fair allows participants the chance to visit with representatives from a wide range of library environments and professional organizations. Representatives from ALA’s ethnic caucuses and affiliate groups will also be in attendance. Take full advantage of this unique opportunity to explore your options and network by visiting as many tables as you can!